{"product_id":"farewell-to-eden-sebastian-faulks","title":"Farewell to Eden - Sebastian Faulks","description":"\u003ch4\u003eThe epic and profound new historical novel set in post-World War Two Britain, from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of BIRDSONG, Sebastian Faulks.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating, timely and densely pleasurable novel, written with measured and impressive intelligence and tremendous narrative aplomb'\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM BOYD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Richly researched and deeply humane . . . Faulks has an extraordinary gift for showing how the sweep of history is lived through the quiet complexities of individual lives'\u003cbr\u003eHANNAH ROTHSCHILD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Beautifully written and deceptively deep novel of moral choice set in the aftermath of the Second World War. The characters are as utterly convincing as the story’\u003cbr\u003eANTONY BEEVOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An arresting book and important work of storytelling. A must-read.'\u003cbr\u003eAFUA HIRSCH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate. The Sea of Galilee glitters in the distance as war-weary troops marvel at the novelty of oranges and sun – a paradise that belies a fierce new conflict about to erupt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome years later, Philip begins work teaching at a school in the English countryside and meets the enigmatic music mistress, Frances Darwood. Over long evenings spent listening to records in her music room, they grow close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Philip is a changed man, and must confront the secrets and scars of all he has lived through – which threaten, even now, to upend his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarewell to Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping and profound novel about faith in all its forms, and a rich portrait of an embattled post-war Britain. It asks the question: how, after great suffering, do we retain our humanity, learn to love again, and believe in the promise of a better life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e368 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49231269003418,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/farewell-to-eden-9781529153231.jpg?v=1789435505","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.info\/products\/farewell-to-eden-sebastian-faulks","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}